RIP: Loleatta Holloway, 1946-2011
Some sad news if you’re a lover of Disco and/or House music–or even just Disco/House Divas. Loleatta Holloway, best known for “Love Sensation,” passed away at the age of 64 after a period of poor health.
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RIP: Dixie Carter, 1939-2010
Very sad news to those of us that grew up on a steady diet of television in the mid-80s. Dixie Carter passed away last night at the treasured age of 70. Actress Dixie Carter, 70, who most memorably portrayed Southern...
a weekend of loss
I can’t believe it, I was shocked enough to hear about Bernie Mac, and now a friend informed me that Isaac Hayes passed away. I know they say these things happen in threes, but I’m really ok with that trend...
“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.”
Irreverent US comedian George Carlin, who became known as a voice of the 1970s counterculture and was one of the country’s best known funny men, died on Sunday aged 71 “I don’t want to go around describing myself as a...
Heath Ledger found dead
I just saw someone mention this on twitter and I thought that maybe they were mistaken. I can’t believe this news, he was so young and talented and I really thought he’d have a great future in acting. I hope...
RIP: Robert Goulet
Robert Goulet, the singer whose rich baritone voice and classic tall, dark, dashing good looks made him a star on stage and television, has died. He was 73. Goulet suffered from a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and...
RIP Don Herbert – Mr. Wizard
‘Mr. Wizard’ dies at 89. I don’t know that many friends that can’t replicate a “trick” they saw on Mr. Wizard, or rattle off a scientific fact that he ingrained in our young minds. Even when I got older, I...